The Naturalist on the Thames eBook

C. J. Cornish

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
THE THAMES AT SINODUN HILL	1
THE FILLING OF THE THAMES	2
THE SHELLS OF THE THAMES	5
THE ANTIQUITY OF RIVER PLANTS	8
INSECTS OF THE THAMES	12
THE WORLD’S FIRST BUTTERFLIES	18
BUTTERFLY SLEEP	21
CRAYFISH AND TROUT	24
FOUNTAINS AND SPRINGS	28
BIRD MIGRATION DOWN THE THAMES	31
WITTENHAM WOOD	33
SPORT AT WITTENHAM	36
SPORT AT WITTENHAM (continued)	39
A FEBRUARY FOX HUNT	41
EWELME—A HISTORICAL RELIC	44
EEL-TRAPS	47
SHEEP, PLAIN AND COLOURED	50
SOME RESULTS OF WILD-BIRD PROTECTION	53
OSIERS AND WATER-CRESS	57
FOG AND DEW PONDS	60
POISONOUS PLANTS	64
ANCIENT THAMES MILLS	67
THE BIRDS THAT STAY	70
ANCIENT HEDGES	73
THE ENGLISH MOCKING BIRD	76
FLOWERS OF THE GRASS FIELDS	80
RIVERSIDE GARDENING	83
COTTAGES AND CAMPING OUT	86
NETTING STAGS IN RICHMOND PARK	89
RICHMOND OLD DEER PARK	91
FISH IN THE LONDON RIVER	94
CHISWICK EYOT	97
CHISWICK FISHERMEN	99
BIRDS ON THAMES RESERVOIRS	102
THE CARRION CROW	106
LONDON’S BURIED ELEPHANTS	109
SWANS, BLACK AND WHITE	112
CANVEY ISLAND	114
THE LONDON THAMES AS A WATERWAY	117
THE THAMES AS A NATIONAL TRUST	120

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